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Subject: Good news about the "Audit the Fed" bills

Last Thursday we reported that the "Audit the Fed" bill (HR 1207) had 200 co-sponsors, and that the companion Senate bill (S 604) had zero cosponsors. But in the space of just four days...

* The House bill now has 224 cosponsors
* And the Senate bill has its first cosponsor, Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina

If your Rep. is a cosponsor, thank him or her. If not, encourage him or her to become one, and tell your two Senators to co-sponsor S. 604.

Use your personal comments to object to the fact that...

* The Federal Reserve Board has hired a lobbyist to fight this legislation
* Neither Congress nor the Inspector General knows anything about what the Fed has done with $9 trillion in off-balance sheet transactions, or anything about the profit or loss from $2 trillion in on-balance sheet transactions

Tell your Congressional employees that this is unacceptable, and that you will hold them personally accountable for failing to audit the Fed.

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